El Enemigo Syrah Viognier 2022 vs Thousand Candles Gathering Field Red 2019
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Thousand Candles Gathering Field Red 2019 currently starts £0.03 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £25.99 | £25.96 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | — | Thousand Candles |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Syrah, Viognier | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec |
| Region | Mendoza | Yarra Valley |
| Country | — | Australia |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
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El Enemigo Syrah Viognier 2022
El Enemigo Syrah Viognier is a refined and expressive Argentine red inspired by the traditional co-fermented blends of Côte-Rôtie. Crafted from high-altitude vineyards in Mendoza, where cool Andean nights preserve freshness and aromatics, this wine brings together the dark, spicy intensity of Syrah with the lifted floral elegance of Viognier. The grapes are harvested by hand and fermented together, allowing the Viognier to enhance colour, perfume and texture while softening Syrah's natural power. Maturation in carefully selected oak adds depth, polish and savoury complexity, resulting in a wine that is both vibrant and sophisticated, with a distinctive sense of place. Why You'll Love It This is Argentine winemaking at its most refined—a Côte-Rôtie inspired blend that marries Old World elegance with New World intensity. Crafted by renowned winemaker Alejandro Vigil (Catena Zapata's chief winemaker) and historian Adrianna Catena, El Enemigo represents meticulous craftsmanship and terroir-driven expression. The high-altitude vineyards and co-fermentation technique create a wine of remarkable complexity and age-worthiness at an exceptional price point. Meet the Producer El Enemigo is the personal project of winemaker Alejandro Vigil and historian Adrianna Catena, created to honour Argentina's winemaking heritage while pushing boundaries with European-inspired techniques. Known for their meticulous craftsmanship and expressive, terroir-driven wines, the duo has earned international acclaim for producing some of the most characterful and age-worthy wines in South America. Production Syrah and a small proportion of Viognier are harvested from high-altitude vineyards and co-fermented to enhance aromatic lift and structural harmony. Gentle extraction preserves purity and finesse, while ageing in oak foudres and barrels adds layers of spice, texture and savoury nuance. The result is a beautifully balanced wine that marries Old World inspiration with Argentine intensity. Tasti
Thousand Candles Gathering Field Red 2019
' Thousand Candles is a premium estate in the heart of the Yarra Valley. Its name comes from a 19th century account by a European settler, who witnessed an ancient indigenous ceremony that granted free passage into the lands around the property to various tribes. Describing the tribesman dramatically holding aloft their firesticks, he remarked that it was as if the ˜twilight of the evening had been interrupted by a thousand candles...'.Viticulturist Stuart Proud works organically and biodynamically (though uncertified) and with as little intervention in the winery as possible. Red Blend ''The fruit for this wine comes from our high density vineyard planted with Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Malbec. The block has 7353 vines per hectare. Row width is 1.6m. Vines are spaced 80cm apart. The cordon wire is 50cm above the ground. We planted the block in this way to really allow the site and soil to be truly expressed in the wine. Planted in 2011 and 2012 the vines are coming into the beginning of their prime and showing an intensity of flavour and fine tannins. Each year the proportion of varieties in the blend is different but always from the same block and high density, low yielding vines. All fruit was hand picked, sorted, destemmed and fermented in small batches for 3 weeks with only an occasional pump over. Aged in older French barriques and hogsheads for 9 months.'' '
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